9-February-2015
English, PDF, 96kb
This country note from Going for Growth 2015 for Austria identifies and assesses progress made on key reforms to boost long-term growth, improve competitiveness and productivity and create jobs.
10-December-2014
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The tax burden in Austria increased by 0.9 percentage points from 41.7% to 42.5% in 2013. The OECD average was an increase of 0.4 percentage points from 33.7% to 34.1%. The Austrian standard VAT rate is 20%, which is above the OECD average. The average VAT/GST standard rate in the OECD was 19.1% on 1 January 2014.
1-décembre-2014
Français
En 2012, le nombre total d’entrées de ressortissants étrangers en Autriche a augmenté pour atteindre 125 600 personnes, soit une progression de 13 % par rapport à l’année précédente.
6-October-2014
English
Country notes outlining regional variations in health, jobs, safety, environment, access to services, civic engagement, housing, education, income, and employment. These notes are from the OECD publication "How's Life in Your Region?".
6-October-2014
English
Getting regions and cities 'right', adapting policies to the specificities of where people live and work, is vital to improving citizens’ well-being. View the country fact sheets from the publication OECD Regional Outlook 2014.
9-septembre-2014
Français
Regards sur l'éducation 2014 : données analytiques par pays
9-September-2014
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Austria’s relative spending on individuals’ tertiary education is among the highest in the OECD. Austria puts great emphasis on tertiary education which is reflected in the level of public investment: its spending on individuals’ tertiary education relative to lower levels of education is among the highest of the OECD countries.
3-septembre-2014
Allemand, PDF, 164kb
Mit 5% ist Österreichs Arbeitslosenquote im Zeitenvergleich hoch, im Vergleich zu anderen OECD-Ländern jedoch immer noch moderat. Das Gleiche gilt für die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit, die mit 10% doppelt so hoch liegt wie die Quote der gesamten Erwerbsbevölkerung.
15-April-2014
English
The average worker in Austria faced a tax burden on labour income (tax wedge) of 49.1% in 2013 compared with the OECD average of 35.9%. Austria was ranked 3 of the 34 OECD member countries in this respect.
18-March-2014
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This note presents key findings for Austria from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a “stress test” for societies and for social policies.